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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Gujarat-Chhattisgarh joint team won the National Roll Ball Tournament in the boys’ category and the Maharashtra-Odisha joint team won the title in the girls’ category
Pune: 30 November 2022
Gujarat-Chhattisgarh joint team won the National Roll Ball Tournament in the boys’ category and the Maharashtra-Odisha joint team won the title in the girls’ category, organized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports under the ‘Ek Bharat Shrestah Bharat ‘ initiative in Pune.
This tournament was held during 27th to 29th November 22 in two rounds at the District Roll Ball Association ground in Baner, Pune. In the boys' final match, Gujarat Chhattisgarh joint team defeated Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland joint team by 7-4 while in the girls' group, Maharashtra and Odisha joint team defeated Madhya Pradesh Manipur Nagaland joint team by 5-3.
The prize distribution ceremony was presided over by Wing Commander M. Yagnaraman  in the presence of Mr. Raju Dabhade, Secretary of International Roll Ball Association. President of Maharashtra Roll Ball Association Mr. Sandeep Khardekar and other office bearers were also present on this occasion.
National competitions of various sports are organized under Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat initiative in which team of players from 2/3 states is formed and the game is played with another team formed in a similar manner. Through this mutual affection increases between the players of different states and all the players across the country are connected with each other, said Mr. Khardekar.
This national roll ball competition was organized in Pune by the Union Ministry of Sports and Youth affairs in association with Indian Roll ball Association, Maharashtra Roll Ball Association and Pune District Roll Ball Association. Teams from Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Karnataka, Kerala and host Maharashtra participated in the tournament.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
On a steady decline, India's Active Caseload further contracts to 3.08 Lakh
Exponential rise in India’s testing; Cumulative tests cross 16 Cr
National Positivity Rate drops to 6.25%
15 States/UTs have Positivity Rate less than national average
Steadily following the trend set over the past few weeks, India’s active caseload has fallen to 3.09% of the total active cases.
India has reported more daily recoveries than the daily new cases during the past 24 hours. The trend of more daily recoveries than the daily cases has led to a continuous contraction of India’s Active Caseload which presently stands at 3,08,751 today.
While 25,152 persons in were found to be COVID positive in the country in the past 24 hours, 29,885 new recoveries were registered during the same period. The daily active cases have been following a steadily declining trend. This has led to a net decline of 5,080 cases from the total Active Caseload in the last 24 hours.
The declining active cases have ensured that the active cases per million population in India  are amongst the lowest in the world.
India has achieved another landmark milestone in its fight against the global pandemic. The cumulative testing has crossed 16 Cr.
11,71,868 samples were tested in the last 24 hours which has increased India’s total cumulative tests to 16,00,90,514. India’s daily testing capacity has been boosted to 15 lakh.
Comprehensive and widespread testing on a sustained basis has resulted in bringing down the positivity rate. The cumulative Positivity Rate stands at 6.25% as of today.
15 States/UTs have positivity rate less than the national average.
The total recovered cases have surpassed 95.5 lakh  today. The Recovery Rate has improved to 95.46%, which is amongst the highest globally. The gap between Recovered cases and Active cases is steadily increasing and presently stands at 92,41,961.
34 States/UTs have Recovery Rate more than 90%.
74.97% of the new recovered cases is contributed by ten States/UTs.
Kerala saw 4,701 persons recovering from COVID. Maharashtra and West Bengal reported 4,467 and 2,729 new recoveries, respectively.
Ten States/UTs have contributed 73.58% of the new cases.
Kerala reported 5,456 cases in the last 24 hours. West Bengal recorded 2,239 new cases while Maharashtra reported 1,960 daily cases yesterday.
78.96% of the 347 case fatalities that have been reported in the past 24 hours are from Ten States/UTs.
Maharashtra has reported the maximum new daily deaths with 75 deaths. West Bengal also saw a fatality count of 42.
Ministry of Defence
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh approves abolition of 9,304 posts in Military Engineering Service
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has approved the proposal of Engineer-in-Chief of Military Engineering Services  for optimisation of more than 9,300 posts in the basic and industrial workforce. It is in line with the recommendations of the Committee of Experts, headed by Lt General Shekatkar, which had recommended measures to enhance combat capability and rebalance defence expenditure of the Armed Forces.
One of the recommendations made by the Committee was to restructure the civilian workforce in a manner that the work of MES could be partly done by departmentally employed staff and other works could be outsourced.
In line with the recommendations made by the Committee, based on the proposal of E-in-C, MES, the proposal of abolition of 9,304 posts in MES out of the total 13,157 vacancies of the Basic and Industrial staff has been approved by Raksha Mantri.
The recommendation was aimed at making MES an effective organisation with a leaner workforce, well equipped to handle complex issues in the emerging scenario in an efficient and cost effective manner.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Dr. Jitendra Singh to lead Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions in observing “Ek Tareekh Ek Ghanta Ek Saath” on 1st October 2023 as part of Swachhata Pakhwada-Swachhata Hi Seva 2023 Campaign
Union Minister of State  Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh will lead the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions in observing “Ek Tareekh Ek Ghanta Ek Saath” as part of the Swachhata Hi Seva Campaign on 1st October 2023 from 10 am – 11 am.
In consonance with the vision of the Hon’ble Prime Minister, the Shramdaan would be a ‘swachhanjali’ to Bapu on the eve of Jayanti and part of the Nationwide mega cleanliness drive.
The Ministry has firmed up plantation activity and Shramdaan of officers and staff from its 3 Departments - DOPT, DARPG and DOPPW to be observed for the “Ek Tareekh, Ek Ghanta, Ek Saath” activity.
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Ministry of Defence
Air Vice Marshal PS Karkare took over as Senior Officer in-charge of Administration of Headquarters Western Air Command
Air Vice Marshal PS Karkare took over as Senior Officer in-charge of Administration of Headquarters Western Air Command from Air Vice Marshal K Anantharaman Vishisht Seva Medal on 01 Feb 2021.
Air Vice Marshal PS Karkare was commissioned in the Administration Branch on 19 December 1987. The Air Officer has served in a wide variety of Units, at Command Head Quarters & Air Head Quarters. He is a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College and the College of Defence Management  and has been a Directing Staff at CDM Hyderabad.
AVM PS Karkare was the ‘Air Commodore Air Force Works’ at Air Headquarters  prior to the current appointment at Head Quarters Western Air Command.
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Prime Minister's Office
Our Northeast, with its unique cultures and dynamic people, is witnessing an unprecedented pace of progress: PM
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has shared articles, graphics, videos and information about various development initiatives including infrastructural developments to enhanced connectivity in the Northeast.
The Prime Minister tweeted :
"Our Northeast, with its unique cultures and dynamic people, is witnessing an unprecedented pace of progress. From infrastructural developments to enhanced connectivity, we are unlocking the immense potential of this region. #9YearsOfNorthEastProsperity”
Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Performance of NCLTs
As on 31st July, 2020, total 19,844 cases were pending before National Company Law Tribunal , including 12,438 cases under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code . This was stated by Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Union Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
Giving more details about regular staffing positions in NCLTs, Shri Thakur said that total 320 posts of officers/staff have been created in NCLT. Recruitment Rules  for these posts have been notified on 21.01.2020 and NCLT has initiated action to appoint employees on these posts on regular basis. Presently, 40 posts are filled on regular basis.
The Minister said that e-court project is being implemented in all 16 benches of NCLT. So far, e-filing has been started in 9 benches and it will be extended to remaining benches also. During COVID-19 pandemic, all benches are hearing cases through Video Conferencing.
Ministry of Defence
LT GEN MANOJ PANDE TAKES OVER AS VICE CHIEF OF THE ARMY STAFF
Lt Gen Manoj Pande, PVSM, AVSM, VSM took over as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff on 01 February 2022.
An alumnus of National Defence Academy, Lt Gen Manoj Pande was commissioned in December 1982 to the Corps of Engineers . The General Officer commanded an Engineer Regiment during Operation Parakram in the sensitive Pallanwala Sector along the Line of Control of Jammu and Kashmir. He is a graduate of Staff College, Camberley  and attended the Higher Command  and National Defence College  Courses.
In his 39 years of distinguished military career, he has tenanted important and challenging command and staff appointments in different operational environments which include command of an Engineer Brigade of Strike Corps in the Western Theatre, Infantry Brigade along Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, Mountain Division in the High Altitude Area of Western Ladakh, a Corps in the North East, Commander-in-Chief Andaman & Nicobar Command  and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Command.
His staff exposures include Brigade Major of a Mountain Brigade in the North East, Assistant Military Secretary  in Military Secretary’s Branch, Colonel Q of a Mountain Division in High Altitude Area and Brigade General Staff  at Headquarters Eastern Command. The General Officer also served as Chief Engineer in the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea. He tenanted the appointments of Additional Director General  in the Military Operations Directorate at Army Headquarters, Chief of Staff at Headquarters Southern Command and Director General Discipline Ceremonial & Welfare at the Army Headquarters.
For his illustrious service he has been conferred with the award of Param Vishisht Seva Medal, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, Vishisht Seva Medal, the Chief of Army Staff Commendation and GOC-in-C Commendation twice.
Lt Gen Manoj Pande takes over the appointment of the Vice Chief of the Army Staff from Lt Gen CP Mohanty who superannuated on 31 January 2022 after completing four decades of illustrious career in the Army.
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Ministry of Science & Technology
An open science policy needed to keep pace with the global shift to an open world: SERB Secretary
Dr. Akhilesh Gupta, Secretary, Science Engineering Research Board  and Senior Advisor, Department of Science and Technology , highlighted the need for an an open science policy implemented by creating a dynamic landscape through the Science, Technology, and Innovation  policy and said that this could play a pivotal role in keeping pace with the global shift from a closed to an open world, at CSIR NIScPR.
Dr. Gupta also highlighted the significance of developing the National STI Observatory as a central repository for all kinds of data related to and generated from the STI ecosystem, as suggested in the STI policy as also the India Science and Technology Archive, while speaking as the Chief Guest at the CSIR NIScPR's One Week One Lab program  today.
He discussed about the process of involving a wide range of scientists, researchers as well as other stakeholders in the drafting of the STI policy to make it inclusive.
During the event, a Memorandum of Understanding  was signed between DST and CSIR-NIScPR, focusing on the National Knowledge Resource Consortium . A report covering 21 years of NKRC and two special journals-- the Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics  and the Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences  were launched at the event.
Prof. Ranjana Aggarwal, Director, CSIR-NIScPR, and Dr. Suman Kumari Mishra, Director, CSIR-CGCRI CSIR NIScPR's along with DST and CSIR officials participated in the One Week One Lab program . The event also featured a knowledge showcase with exhibits from various publishers.
The idea behind OWOL is to foster integration within the scientific community and bridge the gap with the larger society. OWOL enables research labs to connect with society and demonstrate that their work serves the greater public good.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage crosses landmark milestone of 36 Cr
43,733 Daily New Cases reported in last 24 hours
India's Active Caseload declines to 4,59,920; constitutes 1.50% of total cases
Daily Positivity Rate  less than 5% for a month
In a landmark achievement, India’s cumulative vaccination coverage surpassed 36 crores yesterday. A total of 36,13,23,548 vaccine doses have been administered through 47,07,778 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. 36,05,998 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours.
These include:
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,02,36,072
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2nd Dose
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73,43,749
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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1,76,16,750
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2nd Dose
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97,45,413
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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10,47,29,719
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2nd Dose
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30,47,880
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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9,17,29,358
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2nd Dose
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2,06,95,452
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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6,93,94,933
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2nd Dose
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2,67,84,222
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Total
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36,13,23,548
The new phase of universalization of COVID19 vaccination commenced from 21st June, 2021. The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID19 vaccination throughout the country.
India has reported 43,733 daily new cases in the last 24 hours.
Less than 50,000 Daily New Cases have been reported since ten continuous days. This is a result of sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs.
India has also been witnessing a continuous fall in the active caseload. The country’s Active Caseload today stands at 4,59,920.
A net decline of 4,437 is witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases are now only 1.50% of the country's total Positive Cases.
As more people are getting recovered from COVID-19 infection, India’s Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for 55 consecutive days now. 47,240 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours.
More than 3,000  recoveries were reported during the last 24 hours as compared to the daily new cases.
Out of the people infected since the beginning of the pandemic, 2,97,99,534 people have already recovered from COVID-19 and 47,240 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. This constitutes an overall recovery rate of 97.18%, which is showing a sustained increasing trend.
With substantially ramped up testing capacity across the country, a total of 19,07,216 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours in the country. Cumulatively, India has conducted over 42.33 crore  tests so far.
While on one side testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, a continued decline in weekly case positivity is noticed. Weekly Positivity Rate is currently at 2.39% while the Daily Positivity rate stands at 2.29% today. Daily Positivity rate has remained less than 3% for 16 consecutive days now, and has remained below 5% less for a month.
Ministry of Railways
Railways record Highest ever loading for 10 consecutive respective months from September, 2020 to June, 2021
Indian Railways maintains the high momentum in terms of freight loading and earnings for the month of June 2021
In June 2021, Indian Railways freight loading was 112.65 million tonnes which is 11.19 % higher compared to June 2019  and 20.37 % higher compared to June 2020  for the same period
In the month of June 2021, Indian Railways earned Rs. 11186.81 crores from freight loading which is also 26.7 % higher compared to June 2020
Despite the Covid challenges, Freight figures continue to maintain the high momentum in terms of earnings and loading in the month of June 2021 for Indian Railways.
On Mission Mode, in the month of June 2021, Indian Railways freight loading was 112.65 million tonnes which is 11.19 % higher compared to June 2019  which was a normal year and 20.37 % higher compared to June 2020  for the same period.
The important commodities transported during June 2021 includes 50.03 million tonnes of Coal, 14.53 million tonnes of Iron Ore, 5.53 million tonnes of Pig Iron & Finished Steel, 5.53 million tonnes of Food Grains, 4.71 million tonnes of Fertilizers, 3.66 million tonnes of Mineral Oil, 6.59 million tonnes of Cement  and 4.28 million tonnes of Clinker.
In the month of June 2021, Indian Railways earned Rs. 11186.81 crores from freight loading which is also 26.7 % higher compared to June 2020  and 4.48 % higher compared to June 2019 .
It is worth mentioning that a number of concessions/ discounts are also being given in Indian Railways to make Railways Freight movement very attractive.
It may be noted that the speed of freight trains has been enhanced in the existing network.
Freight speed improvement leads saving of costs for all stake holders. Freight speed has doubled over the last 19 months.
Covid 19 has been used by Indian Railways as an opportunity to improve all round efficiencies and performances.
Prime Minister's Office
PM pays tributes to soldiers and security personnel martyred in Handwara
The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi paid tributes to valiant soldiers and security personnel martyred in Handwara in Jammu & Kashmir.
“Tributes to our courageous soldiers and security personnel martyred in Handwara. Their valour and sacrifice will never be forgotten. They served the nation with utmost dedication and worked tirelessly to protect our citizens. Condolences to their families and friends”, the Prime Minister said.
UPSC
Final Result of Combined Defence Services Examination , 2020
The following are the lists, in order of merit, in respect of 192  candidates who have finally qualified on the basis of the results of the Combined Defence Services Examination , 2020 conducted by the Union Public Service Commission and Interviews held by the Services Selection Board of the Ministry of Defence for admission to theOfficers Training Academy, Chennai, for 114th Short Service Commission Course   and  ^Officers Training Academy, Chennai, 28th Short Service Commission Women  Course, commencing in October, 2021. The list of 114th Short Service Commission Course   also includes the names of the candidates who were recommended earlier on the basis of the result of the same examination for admission to Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, Naval Academy, Ezhimala, Kerala and Air Force Academy, Hyderabad  Training Course.
The number of vacancies as intimated by the Government, for  114thShort Service Commission Course  is 169 and for  28th Short Service Commission Women  Course is 17.
The results of Medical Examination of candidates have not been taken into account in preparing the merit list. The candidature of all the candidates is Provisional. Verification of Date of Birth and Educational Qualification of these Candidates will be done by Army Head Quarter.
Candidates can also obtain information regarding results by accessing to UPSC website http://www.upsc.gov.in. However, marks of the candidates will be available within 15 days from the date of declaration of final results on Commission’s website for 30 days.
Attention of the candidates is also invited to scheme of PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF SCORES AND OTHER DETAILS OF NON-RECOMMENDED CANDIDATES as available on the Commission’s website. Such non-recommended candidates may exercise their options while downloading their marks.
Union Public Service Commission has a Facilitation Counter near Examination Hall Building in its Campus. Candidates may obtain any information/clarification regarding their examination on working days between 10.00 AM to 5.00 PM, in person or over telephone No. 011-23385271, 011-23381125 and 011-23098543.
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Ministry of Finance
Cabinet approves Productivity Linked Bonus and non-Productivity Linked Bonus for 2019-2020
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval to pay Productivity Linked Bonus for the year 2019-2020 to 16.97 lakh non-gazetted employees of commercial establishments like Railways, Posts, Defence, EPFO,ESIC,etc.will be benefitted and the financial implication would be Rs.2,791 crore.
Non-PLB or ad-hoc Bonus is given to Non-Gazetted Central Government employees. 13.70 lakh employees would be benefited and Rs.946 crore will be the financial implication for the same.
A total of 30.67 lakh employees would be benefited by the Bonus announcement and total financial implication will be Rs 3,737 crore.
Payment of Bonus to non-gazetted employees for their performance in the preceding year is usually made before Durga Puja/Dussehra season. The Government is announcing the Productivity Linked Bonus  and ad hoc bonus for its non-gazetted employees to be disbursed immediately.